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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!tfs.com!bill From: bill@tfs.com (William Robbins) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0a install: Yuck! Message-ID: <CzFqL9.J0F@tfs.com> Organization: TRW Financial Systems X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3adv8i$dqh@Germany.EU.net> <JKH.94Nov17074241@freefall.cdrom.com> <3aggef$br1@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 23:29:33 GMT Lines: 34 scott long (scottl@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : In <JKH.94Nov17074241@freefall.cdrom.com> jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan : K. Hubbard) writes: : > : >In article <3adv8i$dqh@Germany.EU.net> bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard : Steiner) writes: : ..Stupid whining omitted... : >I recommend you look on sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu - there's this : >great operating system called ** NetBSD ** that I think you'd be : >MUCH happier running! :-) : > : > Jordan : > : This brings up a question in my mind.... I remember about 1 to 1 1/2 : years ago when 386bsd split up into NetBSD / FreeBSD hearing someone say : that NetBSD was the radical, experimental operating system for experts : and gurus only, while FreeBSD would be more sane and conservative OS. : Maybe I'm wrong, but this seems to be reversed. Could someone refresh : me on the differences? Thanks. : Scott Do you recall the NetBSD install that whacked init ? Or, how about the smc driver that overwrote the hardware address ? C'mon folks, this is an Alpha Release. Some assembly required. -- -- Bill Robbins Twiddler Extraordinaire